Research Catalog

Title

New map of Kings and Queens counties, New York : from actual surveys.

Author

J.B. Beers & Co., creator, publisher.

Publication

• New York, N.Y. : Published by J.B. Beers & Co., 1886.
• © 1886

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

1 map on 2 sheets: color; 125 x 138 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US161.4.01

Subjects

• Landowners
• United States > New York (State) > Kings County
• Administrative and political divisions
• Queens County (N.Y.) > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
• New York (State) > New York > Queens
• United States > New York (State) > New York
• United States > New York (State) > Long Island City (New York)
• United States > New York (State) > Queens (New York)
• Kings County (N.Y.) > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
• United States > New York (State) > Queens County
• New York (State) > Kings County
• Landowners > New York (State) > Queens County > Maps
• Queens (New York, N.Y.) > Maps
• United States > New York (State) > Nassau County (N.Y.)
• New York (State) > New York > Long Island City
• Nassau County (N.Y.) > Maps
• Landowners > New York (State) > New York > Maps
• Landowners > New York (State) > Nassau County > Maps
• New York (State) > New York > Brooklyn
• Maps
• United States > New York (State) > Brooklyn (New York)
• Landowners > New York (State) > Kings County > Maps
• New York (State) > Queens County
• Nassau County (N.Y.) > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
• Long Island City (New York, N.Y.) > Maps
• New York (State) > Nassau County
• Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• General-content map of the present-day borough of Brooklyn (Kings County, New York City) and the entire pre-1899 area of Queens County.
• Shows incorporated cities, towns (townships), numbered districts, roads, rural buildings, and rural householders' names; shows street systems in urban areas.
• Shows 1-mile radial distances from N.Y. City Hall (Manhattan).
• Relief shown by hachures.
• Also covers Nassau County which was formed from the eastern part of Queens County in 1899.
• Partially hand-colored.
• "Copyrighted 1886 J.B. Beers & Co."
• Designed to be folded to 64 x 72 cm.
• Includes text, index of local areas, business directory, 12 local-area insets (including Long Island City--now part of Queens Borough), advertisements, and illustrations in some advertisements.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 16-5970

LCCN

2013593269

OCLC

878597731

Author

J.B. Beers & Co., creator, publisher.

Title

New map of Kings and Queens counties, New York : from actual surveys.

Publisher

New York, N.Y. : Published by J.B. Beers & Co., 1886.

Copyright Date

© 1886

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:39,600. 200 rods to 1 inch (W 74°05ʹ--W 73°25ʹ/N 40°55ʹ--N 40°33ʹ.

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 5, page 583, column 2, row 5

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. devided into 6 sheets 65 x 70 cm, or smaller.

Source

US161.4.01

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Place Name

United States New York (State) Brooklyn (New York)

United States New York (State) Queens (New York)

United States New York (State) Nassau County (N.Y.)

United States New York (State) New York.

United States New York (State) Kings County

United States New York (State) Queens County

United States New York (State) Long Island City (New York)

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-5970 [Filed with Long Island]